Washing-machine.



No. 851,453. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907. c. STONER.

WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR.8,1906. 4

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UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES STONER, OF SYRACUSE, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed April 6, 1906. Serial No. 310,362.

which the following is a specification.

This invention embodies improvements in washing ma hines, the essentialfeature of the invention residing in the peculiar and advantageousarrangement and construction of the rubbers used ,on the machine, aswell as the special operating mechanism employed therefor.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a "knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a washing machine embodyingthe invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the cover of themachine thrown open, bringing out more clearly the arrangement of therubbers when said cover is in this position. Fig. 3 is a transversevertical sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing more clearlythe connection of one of the links with the lever.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the invention, the numeral 1 designates thewashing receptacle, which may be mounted upon the usual supporting legs2. In the receptacle 1 is located the lower rubber 3, which is ofsomewhat semicircular form and which is adapted for oscillatorymovement. The rubber 3 is attached at its sides to side frames 4, theupper bars of which are provided centrally with laterally projectingjournals 5, mounted in suitable bearings 6 at opposite sides of thereceptacle 1. The upper ends of the bearings 6 are open so as to readilyreceive the ends of a shaft 7 attached to the cover 8 of the recep tacle1, said shaft having the upper rubber 9 of the machine, mounted thereon.The uper rubber 9 is somewhat similar in form to the rubber 3, save thatthe sides 10 of the -first mentioned rubber are solid, the shaft 7passing through the upper portions of said sides. The shaft 7 isconnected with the cover by being mounted in vertical slots 11 ofbearing plates 12, which plates are attached in any substantial way tothe cover 8 at opposite sides there of. Springs 13 mounted ad j acent tothe outer sides of the bearing plates 12, normally bear against theouter extremities. of the shaft 7 to yieldingly hold the upper rubber 9down upon the lower 111bber 3. The yielding mounting of the upper rubberis necessary and advantageous in the operation of washing clothes inOIL'lLI to accommodate for the amount of wearing apparel disposed in themachine for manipulation thereby. When the cover 8 is down upon thereceptacle 1, in its normal position for use, the ends of the shaft 7are received in the bearings 6 so that said bearings 6 accommodate thejournals of both of the rubbers 3 and 9.

The mechanism for operating the rubbers 3 and 9 comprises a handle 14,having a socket 15 at its lower end to receive an arm 16 projectingupwardly from the upper side of the upper rubber 9. The arm 16 may forman extension of a plate 17 attached to the upper side of rubber 9 toreinforce the same. A hook 18 projects laterally and downwardly from thehandle 14 intermediate of its ends and when the socket 15 receives thearm 16, the hook 18 is engaged over the shaft 7 and the handle is heldrigidly in position with the upper end thereof projecting upwardlythrough the top of cover 8. The cover 8 is provided with an auxiliaryhinged lid 19 to facilitate access to the operating mechanism withoutnecessitating raising of the cover 8, and said lid 19 has its free outeredge portion cut away, as shown at 20,-to permit the handle 14 toproject through the top of the cover. The rubbers 3 and 9 are connectedfor simultaneous movement by means of a lever 21 pivoted between itsends to a bracket 22 attached to the under side of cover 8. One end oflever 21 is connected by a link 23 with the rubber 9, while the otherend of the lever 21 is connected by a similar link 24 with the lowerrubber 3. The lower rubber 3 is provided at one end with an attachingplate 25 having a laterally projecting key-lug 26, and this lug isadapted to pass through a key-shaped opening 27 formed in the lower endof link 24 to establish a dot achable, but an interlocking, connectionbetween the link 24 and the rubber 3. In a certain position of therubber 9, the link 24 may be readily detached from the rubber 3 in anobvious way.

It will be understood that the handle 14 may be provided at its upperendwith a suitable grip to be grasped by the operator in moving said handleback and forth. However, it is contemplated that the handle may beconnectedwith any suitable operating mechanism to be manually, actuatedor to be power driven in order to effect operation of the machine underactual conditions of service. As the handle 14 is forced in onedirection, the rubbers 3 and 9 are fmoved in reverse directions byreason of the peculiar connections afforded by the parts 21 23 and 24.

ai The operation of the machine is very simple and it is constructed tosecured the best results in 'facilitating the washing of the clothes tobe cleansed thereby,

Havin thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a washing machine, the combination of a receptacle, a lowerrubber, journals for said lower rubber projecting laterally there fromand supported in bearings at opposite sides of the receptacle, a coverfor the receptacle, an upper rubber, journals for said upper rubbermounted in bearings at opposite sides of the cover, said journals of theupper rubber being received in the bearings of the lower rubber when thecover of the receptacle is closed, thereby preventing play of thejournals of the lower rubber, and means for operating the rubbers.

I 2. In a washing machine, the combination of a receptacle, a lowerrubber movably j ournaled in the receptacle, bearings at opposite 3 5sides of the receptacle for the journals of the lower rubber, a coverfor the receptacle, an

upperrubber journaled on said cover, bearings for the journals of theupper rubber ar ranged so that the journals of the upper rub- 4o berwill be received in the bearings of the lower rubber, means foroperating the rubbers, and yielding means coacting with the journals ofthe upper rubber to hold the same in proper relative position to thelower rub- 4 5 ber.

3. In a washing machine, the combination of a receptacle, a lower rubbermovably" mounted within the receptacle, bearings at l opposite sides ofthe receptacle for the jour- 5o nals of the lower rubber, a cover forthe re ceptacle, an uppertrubber journaled in said cover, bearings forthe journals of the upper rubber arranged so that the journals of theupper rubber will be received inthe bearings 5 5 of the lower rubber,and means for operating the rubbers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. STONER. [L. s]

l/Vitnesses FORD ORITTENDEN,

J EARL A. STEWART.

